Region starts school carpool service for parents

The Washington area’s carpool program has started a new service for carpooling parents hauling their kids to school. A dozen schools, both private and public, have signed on to use the free SchoolPool online service, which is provided by the Metropolitan Council of Washington Governments as part of its Commuter Connections carpool program for workers.

The system began registering interested parents Tuesday, and the goal is to link up the families by the first day of school, Commuter Connections Director Nicholas Ramfos said.